Chief Ministers Rojgar Yojana

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Eligibility

Chief Minister’s Rojgar Yojana (CMRY)

a)

Age

For all educated unemployed 18 to 45 years in general; relaxable by 5 years in case of widow, disabled person, scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, other Backward class person. (Additional relaxation of 10 years for general as well as reserved categories could be considered by the VKRY Task Force Committee (TFC), to be approved by the Chairman EDC/Chairman TFC, depending upon genuineness of the case/project). However, such relaxations during the year shall not exceed 10% of the total sanctioned cases during the previous financial year. Regular ex-Government employees including those who have opted for VRS shall not be eligible for such relaxations.

b)

Educational qualification

VIIIth passed; relaxable in deserving cases. Preference will be given to those who have technical/professional qualifications. These will include candidates trained by GHRSSIDC, Agriculture Department, Forest Department or under any other Government Training Scheme.

c)

Family income

The income of the beneficiary along with spouse and dependents, and children of minor age shall not exceed Rs 10,00,000/- p.a.

d)

Residence proof

Permanent resident of the area for at least 15 years. Documents required – Residential Certificate or School Leaving Certificate or passing Certificate from Goa Board/Goa University or any document to the satisfaction of the sanctioning authority.

e)

Defaulter/ Non Eligibility

Should not be a defaulter to any nationalized bank/financial institution/co-operative bank. Further, a person already assisted under other subsidy linked scheme will not be eligible under this scheme, unless otherwise relaxed / specified.

Maximum Rs 25.00 lakh, including 50% share capital under *DITC scheme (80% in case of SC/ST applicant) for an individual with professional degree/diploma/I.T.I., including those undergoing special training programmes conducted by authorised Government Departments/ Corporations. Maximum Rs 20.00 lakh, including 50% (80 % in case of SC/ST applicant) share capital under *DITC scheme, for others.

Assistance for acquiring premises which may be required for the proposed project, could also be considered, subject to the condition that exposure for such premises shall not exceed 50% of the maximum eligible project cost limit under the Scheme, in all cases except in case of professionals and technically qualified persons, wherein it can be as high as 70%.

8% p.a., for male and 6% p.a., for female beneficiary. Penal interest @ 2% p.a., on the defaulted amount of more than one EMI, for the defaulted period of EDC Term Loan shall be charged. Penal interest @ 8% p.a. on the defaulted amount of more than one EMI, for the defaulted period, of the *Share Capital of DITC shall be charged.

d)

Margin for loan

10% minimum (5% minimum for woman/disabled/SC/ST/OBC person).

e)

Moratorium period

Maximum one year. (Moratorium period at the discretion of the Task Force Committee).

f)

Security

First charge of mortgage/hypothecation of fixed/current assets.

g)

Collateral

Only personal guarantee by the applicant and spouse, as a Confirming Party, in case of married person and of parent/relative, in case of unmarried person, to be provided for loan amount upto Rs 2.00 lakh; and also for non transport loans, where minimum 75% (50% in case of SC/ST applicant) of the loan amount is secured by way of hypothecation / mortgage of the fixed assets being financed. For other loans upto Rs. 6.00 lakh, the applicant has to provide personal guarantee of one or more guarantors depending upon the loan amount. Such a guarantor could be an employee of the Government of Goa /Corporations of Government of Goa/ Autonomous Body/ Government Aided and other Institutions controlled by the Government of Goa/ Companies of repute to the satisfaction of the TFC provided they are regular employees working for more than 10 years or any other person with taxable income of minimum Rs 5.00 lakh for preceding 3 years, with take-home salary commensurate to the EMI of the loan or a person owning an unencumbered immovable property in Goa, the value of which should commensurate to the loan amount. For other loans above Rs. 6.00 lakh, ownership documents of the immovable property owned by the guarantor, to be produced.

h)

Loans upto ` 1.00 lakh

The proposals upto Rs 1.00 lakh could be considered depending upon genuineness of the applicant and the project, based on an affidavit of self declaration of having obtained/in the process of obtaining all clearances from competent authorities, as applicable to their proposed venture.

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Repayment Schedule

Maximum 10 years (including moratorium of maximum 1 year) in monthly installments. In case of loans against vehicles, the maximum repayment may be restricted to 5 years. (The repayment period in case of SC/ST applicant could be extended upto 20 years, based on nature of activity, strictly on the approval of the CMRY Appraisal Committee / Task Force Committee).

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Group Activity/ Self Help Groups

More than one person (not exceeding five) joining together to form a partnership will also be eligible for the assistance, subject to maximum of Rs 75.00 lakh, with prior approval of the Government. The amount of assistance in this case shall be multiples of individual eligible amount under the Scheme, of respective partners. Self Help Groups (SHGs) will also be eligible for loan assistance under the Scheme. The loan amount in such cases may extend upto Rs 50.00 lakh depending upon the type of business activity to be undertaken. However, prior approval of the government will be required for loan amount exceeding Rs 10.00 lakh. Further, if and only if, all the Members of the Self Help Group belong to a particular category, viz. SC or ST or disabled or OBC or women; then the SHG will be eligible for additional benefits under the scheme as eligible for an individual belonging to the said category.

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Default In Repayment

If the borrower fails to repay the loan amount including interest thereon as per repayment schedule, the same shall be recovered from the borrower/guarantor under provisions of the Goa Public Monies (Recovery of dues) Act, 1986 (PMRA)/ Land Revenue Code (LRC) and/or section 29, 30, & 31 of SFC’s Act, or SARFAESI Act or Recovery of Debts Due to Bank Act (DRT) and/or any other provisions of Law.

0.1% of the term loan and share capital will be deducted from the 1st disbursement, to be credited to the ‘Contribution Corpus’ being set up by the Government of Goa. The contribution corpus shall be governed by the terms and conditions as laid down and also the provisions of the ‘Exit Policy’ of the Government. The Contribution Corpus Fund will be managed by the EDC Ltd., on behalf of Government of Goa.

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Subsidy

An amount equal to 20% of the equated monthly installments (EMIs) (which corresponds to approximately 25% of the principal component of the EMIs) paid towards Capital investment, within the due date, on the EDC term loan and share capital under *DITC Scheme, shall be credited to the loan account of the beneficiary, as subsidy, under “Goa State 25% Subsidy For Self Employed – 2014”, on the date of payment, subject to fulfilling terms and conditions for availing the said subsidy. Subsidy shall be available only on fixed Capital investment and shall not be paid on working capital investment and on the defaulted EMIs. Subsidy can be resumed on payment of defaulted EMIs but only for the balance amount or for fresh EMI.

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Minimum Employment Assurance Scheme

Those beneficiaries under this scheme who fulfill the eligibility norms of the “Minimum Employment Assurance Scheme” to be operated by the Department of Labour, Government of Goa, as and when notified, shall be paid stipend @ Rs 3,000/- to Rs 5,000/- per month, upto 36 months, depending upon their qualification and the financed business activity.

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Training

The Scheme envisages compulsory entrepreneurship training of upto 30 days for the beneficiary to be provided by the Government, after the loan is sanctioned but before disbursement of the loan. This may be exempted and made optional based on recommendation of Task Force on case to case basis.

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Task Force Committee

A Task Force Committee (TFC) comprising of the following will scrutinize applications under the Scheme:

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Vice Chairman of EDC or any other Director of EDC, as approved by the Government